Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea… God Spelling Himself out in Jesus: change in the original language -- bother in spelling Jesus out -- sticklers for the old forms -- Jesus' new spelling of old words. Jesus is God following us up: God heart-broken -- man's native air -- bad choice affected man's will -- the wrong lane -- God following us up. The Early Eden Picture, Genesis 1:26-31.2:7-25: unfallen man -- like God -- the breath of God in man -- a spirit, infinite, eternal -- love -- holy -- wise -- sovereign over creation, Psalm 8:5-8 -- in his own will -- summary -- God's thought for man. Man's Bad Break, Genesis 3. the climax of opportunity -- the tree of choice -- the temptation -- blended lies -- the tempter's strategy -- the choice made -- the immediate result -- safety in shame -- the danger of staying in Eden -- guarding man's home -- the return, Rev.2:7.22:14, 2. John 10:10. Outside the Eden Gate: a costly meal -- result in the man himself -- ears and eyes affected -- looking without seeing -- a personal test -- Isaiah's famous passage, Isaiah 6:9-10, see Isaiah 42:18, 20, 23.43:8.29:10. Jeremiah 5:21.6:10.7:26. Ezekiel 12:2. Psalm 69:23. Micah 3:6. Acts 7:51. -- Jesus' use of parables -- Jesus' irony -- Matthew 13:10-15. Mark 4:10-12. Luke 8:9-10. See John 12:40. Acts 28:26, 27. Romans 11:8. John 9:39-41 -- tongue affected -- the tongue man's index -- effect of seeing God -- whole mental process affected -- sense of dread -- - Paul's seven steps down in mental process, Ephesians 4:17-19 -- Jesus the music of God, the face of God. Sin's Brood: result in the growth of sin -- three stages, flood, Moses, Paul -- Paul's Summary, Romans I:18-32, see Matthew 15:19. Galatians 5:19-21.2 Timothy 3:2-5. -- Paul's Outlook -- a summary of to-day -- the conventional cloak -- four great paragraphs -- man still a king, Genesis 9:6.1 Corinthians 11:7. James 3:9. -- a composite picture -- analysis of sin -- the root of sin. God's Treatment of Sin: "gave them up," Romans 1:24, 26, 28. see Job 8:4.1 Kings 14:16. Psalms 81:12. Acts 7:42, Romans 9:22 (endured). -- the worst thing and the best -- sin's gait -- Jesus is God letting sin do its worst upon Himself. A Bright Gleam of Light: the non-Christian world -- God has no favorites -- all know God directly, Romans 1:20, 32. John 1:9 -- believing on Jesus -- the outside majority -- Peter's statement, Acts 10:34, 35. -- Paul's statement, Romans 2:7. -- persistent climbers -- trusting the unknown Jesus -- the Master's command -- to help our brothers -- Jesus is God sacrificing His best. The Broken Tryst, Genesis 3:8-9: God keeping tryst -- man not there -- God's search -- a lonely God -- still calling -- Jesus is God calling man back to the broken tryst. God's Wooing: direct revelation to all -- the inner light, John 1:9. Acts 17:26-28. Job 12:10. Psalms 139:1-16. -- through nature, Psalms 19:1-6. -- in the daily weave of life, Acts 17:28. -- "The Lord's at the loom" -- a special revelation, Romans 3:2. Deuteronomy 4:8. -- in Jesus, Heb.1:1-3. -- the Book -- the mission of the Book, John 20:31. -- summary -- chiefly Jesus. Parallel Verses KJV: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. |
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